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[RPGWiZaRD]

Another case for not picking Mightnight black roof in my case at least, at work the parking space is located near a graveyard/bunch of trees and there's like constantly stuff blowing from the trees and plants (and birds tend to drop **** on the roof almost weekly) and at home I have an open garage (just roof and walls) and pollen tends to find its way to the car in the early summer creating like a layer of dust so with black all this would stand out much better on the black roof color so would require more maintenance if you care to keep your car in good looks.

EDIT: I guess we could add the panoramic roof to the discussion as well, it is +650€ extra but if talking pure exterior looks, to me it looks visually preferable from the outside to having painted the whole roof black as it keeps part of the backroof as body paint. For me though a sunroof is not really that useful, just means more heat gets inside, more energy goes into keeping it cool etc. Also it makes it brighter inside which kinda goes against the reason to have interior lighting to begin with. At least I didn't have it personally in contention but visually it looks quite good from the exterior too I'll admit.

 

[ian_106]

If you have any paint issues with the roof it going to be easier to fix a black one plus blend in with the sunroof.

 

[Tell]

Gets hot thou in the sun with radiated heat. Extra load on the AC . Think the "colour" is there for the sporty look that some may want. Personal thing a regular looking car verses one pepped up with a go faster roof.

There is a grey roof as well as black looking at the UK configurator:

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[SRGTD]

If you have any paint issues with the roof it going to be easier to fix a black one plus blend in with the sunroof.

Agree.

I think it’s a shame that Cupra don’t offer some more vibrant paint colours. I dare say the Raval will appeal to many younger customers who would prefer something less muted than the (almost) exclusively dark colour palette to choose from. Glacial White is the only bright colour on offer.

If I was considering a Raval, paint colour choice would be decided by a process of elimination;

• I’d definitely avoid the Manganese Green matte paint because of the issues of maintaining a matte paint finish; doesn’t lend itself to DIY stone chip repairs, and it’s not possible to polish out minor scratches on matte paint without removing the matte finish (scratch repairs might mean a whole panel respray with blending into adjoining panels).
• I’d also avoid Plasma Iridescent ‘special’ paint which, because of it’s ‘chameleon’ nature of appearing to change colour in different lighting conditions, I imagine would be a nightmare to repair and get an accurate paint colour match. Being a dark gloss finish, it’d also be prone to paint swirls - if you want to keep that factory fresh look for your car’s paintwork, always use a ‘safe’ 2 or 3 bucket wash method to minimise the risk of swirling, avoid auto car washes and the many cheap hand car wash places and never ever let the dealer wash the car. Plasma Iridescent reminds me of the Mystic Green iridescent paint used by Nissan in the 1980’s or 1990’s on the Primera (Google it if you’re not familiar with the colour).
• The dark metallic colour options - Magnetic Tech Grey and Midnight Black will be susceptible to paint swirls (safe wash method needed to minimise them), and both colours will be a labour of love to keep looking good. I’ve owned many black and dark grey cars; never again - it takes lots of time and effort to keep them looking good.

That just leaves a choice of either Fiord Blue or Glacial White. I’d probably go for Glacial White as IMHO it would be easier to maintain than Fiord Blue, it hides swirl marks well, should be easy to get an accurate colour match if paintwork repairs are ever needed, stone chip repairs by the competent DIY’er shouldn’t be noticeable and minor scratches can be polished out without issue. I’d want to see a Glacial White Raval in the flesh first though before ordering one.

That’s just my personal view and we’re all different and have different likes and dislikes, which is a good thing .

 

[jezyg]

Agree.

I think it’s a shame that Cupra don’t offer some more vibrant paint colours. I dare say the Raval will appeal to many younger customers who would prefer something less muted than the (almost) exclusively dark colour palette to choose from. Glacial White is the only bright colour on offer.

If I was considering a Raval, paint colour choice would be decided by a process of elimination;

• I’d definitely avoid the Manganese Green matte paint because of the issues of maintaining a matte paint finish; doesn’t lend itself to DIY stone chip repairs, and it’s not possible to polish out minor scratches on matte paint without removing the matte finish (scratch repairs might mean a whole panel respray with blending into adjoining panels).
• I’d also avoid Plasma Iridescent ‘special’ paint which, because of it’s ‘chameleon’ nature of appearing to change colour in different lighting conditions, I imagine would be a nightmare to repair and get an accurate paint colour match. Being a dark gloss finish, it’d also be prone to paint swirls - if you want to keep that factory fresh look for your car’s paintwork, always use a ‘safe’ 2 or 3 bucket wash method to minimise the risk of swirling, avoid auto car washes and the many cheap hand car wash places and never ever let the dealer wash the car. Plasma Iridescent reminds me of the Mystic Green iridescent paint used by Nissan in the 1980’s or 1990’s on the Primera (Google it if you’re not familiar with the colour).
• The dark metallic colour options - Magnetic Tech Grey and Midnight Black will be susceptible to paint swirls (safe wash method needed to minimise them), and both colours will be a labour of love to keep looking good. I’ve owned many black and dark grey cars; never again - it takes lots of time and effort to keep them looking good.

That just leaves a choice of either Fiord Blue or Glacial White. I’d probably go for Glacial White as IMHO it would be easier to maintain than Fiord Blue, it hides swirl marks well, should be easy to get an accurate colour match if paintwork repairs are ever needed, stone chip repairs by the competent DIY’er shouldn’t be noticeable and minor scratches can be polished out without issue. I’d want to see a Glacial White Raval in the flesh first though before ordering one.

That’s just my personal view and we’re all different and have different likes and dislikes, which is a good thing .

Why we keep ending up with white cars! Easiest colour to maintain followed by silver. I think white with a black roof looks nice I had a silver Arona with a black roof and suited the car well gave it sportier look and lower. Black paint is harder to maintain and show all the dust and dirt up. But being just the roof no as bad as the entire car. Only owned two black cars a 318 ES and an Alfa Mito which my eldest still has and yet to break down or have any costly repairs...